Manny Pacquiao-Margarito Fight: Speed vs. Height

Mexican fighter Margarito appeared very confident and very “at ease” a few days before his scheduled super welter weight fight with Pinoy boxer Manny Pacquiao.

Margarito says he is extremely confident he’ll stop the world’s best pound-for-pound boxer in their November 14 fight. His reason? Pacquiao is not in his “natural element” since he started in a very low weight class and his climb to the super welterweight category is not natural and was undertaken in extreme difficulty. Pacquiao has to gain a lot of weight for this fight and this he did with a very small body frame.

Pacquiao admits that he gained a lot of pounds for this fight. If you look at his frame, it is smaller than Margarito’s. For those who don’t know about fight science, the bigger the body frame, the stronger the punch is. Reason? Fighters use their entire body to gain enough strength for their punches. If you have a heftier weight, chances are your punch is stronger than somebody less than you.

Margarito and Pacquiao would be fighting in the same weight division, so ideally, their weight would actually be the same at fight night. There would be some differences though.

Margarito’s reach is longer than Pacman’s, his height the ideal one for a welterweight, and his body frame is bigger than the Pacman. This poses a real problem with the Pacman.

Margarito’s weight is equally distributed in his entire frame. If his hands are bigger than Pacman, surely that would be an advantage really since that would pack a heavier and stronger punch than the Pacman’s.

If Margarito has a stronger reach, he’ll be able to tag the Pacman even if he’s slower. The main thing for Margarito is to be able to corner the Pacman and throw those punches. If the Pacman dances, then, it’ll be no problem with the taller Mexicano since Pacman’s dance is limited by the boxing ring. Surely, there would be several occasions where Margarito would be able to throw those stronger punches and probably, by sheer luck, throw one that would change the face of world boxing history.

In the Pacman’s case, his weight should actually be equally distributed in his body frame, especially in his muscular biceps and arms. The arms are really reflective of the kind of punching power the fighter can throw. The arms and hands are used by the fighter to throw his entire weight into the opponent’s face or body.

Pacman’s hands are smaller than Margarito’s. This means a lot in fight science. This means a smaller area of impact, and lesser force to throw to an opponent. Pacman has to punch twice or even thrice to be able to equal what Margarito can throw as a natural welterweight.

Speed, yes, that’s a factor in boxing. If you’re faster than your opponent, the chances of you being stung is lesser than if you’re a lumbering giant.

However, everyone knows that every fighter is sure to be hit because of the space he’s given to maneuver. The boxing ring limits the fighter’s movement, and there would really be occasions where Margarito would be able to exploit to the detriment of the Pacman.

Now, here’s the thing.

This fight is really all about who’s more determined and hungrier than the other. Surely, Margarito has a lot to prove. He’s the hungrier fighter in this one. He wants to be the one who’ll upset the five year winning streak of the Pacman.

The hungrier the fighter, the stronger his punch becomes. If a fighter wants to win, he’ll doing anything, even throw the kitchen sink, just to achieve his goal.

Pacman, if you are to look at this fight, has nothing to gain and nothing to lose if he loses this fight. Fact is, if he loses, he stands the chance to gain more money from a re-match or even realize that dream match with the blabber mouth Mayweather Jr.

If Pacman wins this fight yet again, no one would have the heart to fight him, since he’ll now be the most indestructible fighter in world boxing history.

If he loses though, more boxers would know say that they want to fight him to retirement.

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